Article shelf



A. E. LATCHIN ARTICLE SHELF Oct. 25, 1932.

Original Filed April 9. 1929 {fa/e223 fl E. Zcz$ch Patented Oct. 25,1932 I 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ALEXANDER E. LATGHIN, OF CHICAGO,ILLINOIS ARTICLE SHELF "Application filed April 9, 1929, Serial No.353,775. Renewed June 6,1932.

. My invention relates to shelves for the suptured to receive screws, aswill later be export of portable articles, and more particuplained.larly for thesupport and display of an alarm The brackets 12 aredesigned to receive in clock in the home and my main object issuperposed relation, the bottom 1-1 of the to provide a device of thiskind which is shelf. At the rear, this bottom is built up 66 peculiarlyformed to dispose the clock in with a guard strip 15 and in front it isbuilt proper position and in prominent View. up with a wall 16 havingsides 16a. The A further object of the invention is to inwall 16 is cutdown from the top with an corporate in the shelf a lamp to illuminatearcuate recess 166, so that when a typical 10 the face of the clock.alarm clock 17 is set upon the floor 14: of

A still further object of the invention is the shelf, the dial will bedefined at the bottom to provide'a novel method of suspending the by thewall 16 and be fully Visible while the shelf from a wall. bottom of theclock is securely held within Another object-of the invention is tointhe shelf. The front wall 16 also has a skirt corporate in theamemeans for mounting portlon 18. and clampingit upon the rail of abedstead. In order that the shelf may be in a position A final butnevertheless important object to swing laterally whereby to expose theface of the invention is to design the novel invenof the clock in acorresponding direction, I tion with few and simple parts, in order thatsecure by means of bolts and nuts at 19 a U 20 it may be easy to handleand inexpensive to shaped bracket 20 which is passed through a dfvertlcal mounting 21 on the side of the shelf With the above bj ts inview and any wall 16a in order to hingedly dispose the others that maysuggest themselves from the shelf. Since the bolt and nut assembly 19specification and claims to follow, a better requlres four holes in theplate 10, as indiunderstanding of the invention may be gained cated inFigure 1,'it is of advantage to also by reference to the accompanyingdrawing, drill four holes of similar size and spacing i hi h at theremote side of the plate as indicated Figure 1 is an elevation of thenovel shelf, at 19a, so that in case the shelf is desired to showing theclock mounted therein; be swung 1n the opposite direction, such as Fig.2is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure Where the cloclrhas to be viewedfrom the 5 1, and partly broken away; correspondlng SIClB, the mountingand the Fig.3 is aside view of the shelf as mounted Other parts incidentto the hinge may be reon a bedstead; and moved from the side shown andtransferred Fig. 4 is a plan view of a shelf as per Figure to theopposite side of the shelf to enable the 3, partly in section. same toswing as contemplated. 8

' flanges 10b extend. The plate 1s set up Referring specifically to thedrawing, the W en the Shelf is set in place upon the fundamental supportfor the shelf is in the brackets ns erse slots 160 in the fiopr natureof a base plate 10, which is made with of the Shelf register 71th theapertures 111 1 11 10 h t Md the top portions of the brackets 13a makinga-margmq Wa a mm W m on W 1t feasible to apply screws by way of theslots against a wall as shown in Figure 2, with the fii g ggf ga iggi gg gg gfg i gi fi flanges 10b abutting the wall so that the j a v lqure 4to receive nuts from below in order body of the plate 15 spaced 10m wallto fasteri the shelf to the brackets 12 and The Plate is Secured byScrews 11 or other therefore lock the shelf from swinging out suitablemeans applied by way of the flanges accidentally 10b to the Wall; Thefloor 1 1 of the shelf is made with two The Plate 10 1S Provlded Wlthangle brackopenings 16d, extremely spaced, these being ets secured toPlate y Screws the suitable for the passage of cords 22 from the 9 topportlons of the brackets also being apex alarm control 23 of the clock,the cords eX- tending in opposite directions from the latter. Thus, whenone of the cords is pulled down, the alarm is set, and when the other ispulled after the alarm is in operation, the alarm is shut off. The cordspreferably have ball ends 2% at the bottom for facility in handling themas mentioned.

The above installation of the shelf is preferable on a wall adjoiningones bed, and is designed for use when the bed cannot form thefundamental support for the device. Figures 3 and at, however,illustrate the application of the shelf to a bedstead having a round topbar 25. In this case, the'shelf is set upon the top bar 25 with theskirt 18 to the front,

an angle clamp 26 being applied at the rear to fasten the shelf to thebar. The top portion of the angle clamp extends under the slots 160 ofthe shelf floor, and is slotted in registration with the said slots, soas to permit fastening by bolts 27 secured by nuts 27a in any positionof adjustment toward or from the bar 25. To secure the clamp 26 to thebedstead, I apply a thumb screw 28 by way of the pendant portion of theclamp, locking the thumb screw by means of nuts 29 after it has beenadvanced to secure a firm grip on the bar 25.

The front wall 16 of the shelf is made with a knob 16a for handlingpurposes when the shelf is to be swung out; also, the said wall isprovided with a lamp fixture 30 shaped to cast light downwardly upon thefaceof the clock,'the fixture having a suitable cord connectionextending to a handy current outlet, and also a suitable push buttoncontrol.

It will be seen that the novel shelf is susceptible of being positionedboth against the wall and upon a bedstead. Nhen positioned against thewall, most of its connections do not affect the wall, only the fewscrews used for the attachment of the base plate 10 passing into thewall. The shelf is useful both frontally of the wall and in eitherlateral direction ifthe position from which the clock is viewed is atone side or the other. The attachment of the shelf to the bedstead onlyrequires the removal of the bolts securing the same to the brackets 13aand to the base plate 10, the shelf then being transferred and mountedas shown in Figures 3 and 4. A handydevice is thus had for viewing thetime from ones bed or from a position which is not convenient relativeto the conventional wall clock.

I claim l 1. An article shelf comprising a wall plate, a support infront of the same, and hinge means applicable selectively between thesides of the support and the plate for the swinging of the supportrelative to the wall from the corresponding side of the support.

2. An article shelf comprising a wall braclc et, a support comprising aplate, side and rear guards and a front wall for the plate,

and a hinged connection located on each of the side guards forselectively securing the support to the bracket.

8. An article shelf comprising a wall bracket, angle members securedthereto, a support hingedly connected to the bracket, and 00- operatingmeans on the support and the angle members to free the support formovement to its hingedly adjustable positions relative to the bracket.

4. An article shelf comprising a wall bracket, angle members securedthereto, a support hingedly connected to the bracket, 3. bottom platefor the support, and cooperating means on the bottom plate and anglemembers to free the support for movement to a desired position on itshinge.

5. An article shelf comprising a wall bracket, a support having sideguards, a tubular member secured to a guard, and a U- shaped hinge rodembraced by the member, said rod attached to the bracket.

6. An article shelf comprising a wall the bottom plate to free thesupport for movement to its various positions when swung about thehinged connection.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ALEXANDER E. LATCHIN.

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